When couples attend Pink Kit classes, they often ask, Why should we be preparing for birth? Weve made our birth plan and chosen our care provider. What is important is that the women is driving the car, not just taking a journey by car, which can imply she is the passenger. What were trying to get people to understand is that developing birthing skills is a necessity just like learning to drive a car. These couples include people planning homebirths with independent midwives and people planning hospital births with continuity of care team midwives or a GP or obstetrical specialist. Common Knowledge Trust (CKT) has discovered that analogies may help answer this question.
Childbirth and the Athletic Woman
Athletic women come in all sizes and enjoy different sports or fitness programs. Athletic women enjoy being toned and fit. Through personal fitness, many women have developed determination, commitment to their task, and an ability to hit the wall and go beyond. Often they consider themselves tough and rigorous. Women who enjoy fitness as a way of Life rather than being athletic also admire their shape, sense of being in tone, flexibility and strength. So why would an athletic woman (including women who just stay fit) need to know anything about childbirth? Isnt the goal of preparing for childbirth about getting in shape?
GAGGED While Giving Birth
Kacy says, each to their own, you may not feel the same as I do on this subject. But I am still sticking to my guns. that childbirth comes with pain
Have a Pink Kit baby
Youre pregnant and sometime within the next 9 months, you will give birth to your child. Take a moment to think about your own life: your beliefs, religion, choices available about childbirth or lack of, health issues, what youve been taught about childbirth from your mother or father, your previous birth experiences and what you want for this birth. Then take a moment to look around you at your neighbors, work colleagues, or other women you pass on the street. What do you share in common with ALL these other women? You might find some similarities, yet you will probably focus more on the differences that exist.
Having a bonus baby – two or more?
I once asked a friend of mine what it was like to give birth to twins. She said: First one came out and then the other. I didnt both to ask her whether raising twins was as simple. We all know the answer to that. As you know, New Zealand has a unique situation the envy of women and midwives worldwide. Here, pregnant women and their families have choice. Over 85% of all pregnant women are cared for by one lead maternity carer – a midwife. Maternity care is paid for by the Government and women can give birth at home or hospital and have the same care provider with them throughout their pregnancy, labour and post natal period.
Pain Relief During Childbirth
While giving birth can still be a painful experience, today’s mothers don’t have to suffer as much as their grandmothers did. This article explores the very effective methods of pain relief available during labor.
Pregnancy and Childbirth are the Gateway to Parenthood
This gateway is recognised in absolutely all cultures as being a significant transition in a persons life just as reaching puberty. When we reach puberty, we move from being a child to an adult. When we get pregnant and give birth, we move from being a woman and man to being a mother and father. These are huge changes. Puberty for a woman occurs at one time menses starts. For young boys this is not as clear a time.
The Truth About Birth Trauma Every Mother Should Know
Most people take birth trauma for granted, thinking it means the unavoidably compressive, difficult journey through the birth canal that we all wish could be easier. What is not generally known is that the pressures of birth and the interactions required of mother and child for delivery are fundamental to health. The development of the babys cranium is supported by the effort required for birth, and the newborn arrives with knowledge of what it means to partner with mom to w…
The Pink Kit Method for birthing better goes well with chiropractic care.
Common Knowledge Trust approached Jeanne Ohm, Executive Coordinator of ICPA to write some articles about The Pink Kit Method for birthing better for ICPA. When asked what aspects of childbirth, ICPA has concerns about, Jeanne wrote back We are concerned about all aspects of birth1) a woman’s right to choose 2) the importance of her being aware of her options 3) the physiological relationship of pelvis and birth.
Maternal Deaths Still Happen In This Day and Age
Many people find it hard to understand how in this modern day hospital facilities and advanced medical knowhow that maternal deaths still happen just like that. More U.S. women are dying due to, what experts believe to be partly to blame, the increasing maternal obesity and the rise in Caesarean sections.
Abortion: A Public Health Crisis
Abortion is a very personal decision. Women and couples who are considering this procedure should also consider counseling. Research revealed that women are just as likely to get an abortion whether it is outlawed or legal, which increases the incidence of unsafe abortion.
Comfrey – The Perfect Gift For The Mother To Be
There are many herbs that can ease the pain of childbirth. Comfrey is one of the best.